The Treaty of M'Drid

Summary :

To the public perception the planetary body M'Drid III (Q7) was 
rendered uninhabitable by an ecological disaster. A high level 
inter-polity conference was held in camera and the world was 
listed as off limits to colonists by an interstellar treaty 
ratified by all polities, the Treaty of M'Drid. The exact nature 
of this ecological disaster was never made public but was 
speculated in the popular press as a genetic experiment gone 
wrong. The star system named M'Drid no longer appears on any 
star maps and its exact location is a governmental secret known 
only to the highest officials in each polity.

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Government Note - If you have lost 
the location of the M'Drid star system, then its spatial 
coordinates are 622080.

In fact the disaster was perpetrated by what was believed to be 
the local fauna, very dangerous, vicious and fast breeding raptor
like creatures that devastated the colonial population when nests
of these creatures were disturbed. Subsequent action by Ground 
Forces could not overcome the creatures and it was decided that 
it would be better to evacuate the planet and quarantine it until
a permanent answer to this problem could be found. Xenobiologists
insisted that the local fauna could not be exterminated merely to 
allow a planetary body to be colonised by Humans, particularly as 
there were a wealth of other systems with no viable Human colony 
yet established. This situation has not changed in the 
intervening years. It is assumed that as these creatures are now 
roaming the surface of the planet they are likely to have 
devastated the other fauna and may now be in a state of 
equilibrium in terms of population growth.

Venerian note - Since the information gleaned from the MajorDomo 
unit found on Woods Asteroid has been analysed a reappraisal of 
the fauna on M'Drid III has been undertaken and it is now 
believed that these creatures are from the Forerunner set of 
genesplices. To be exact genesplices 8 and/or 9, although 
genesplice 13 cannot be categorically ruled out as the 
descriptions and data are now very old and no recent expeditions 
have been made to the surface.



Main aspects of the Treaty

Quarantine of M'Drid
The planetary body M'Drid III is in a state of quarantine and no 
civilians are allowed to enter the M'Drid star system. It 
therefore follows that colonisation of M'Drid III is forbidden.


Orbital observation station to be set-up
To ensure that point 1 is observed a permanent, multi-polity 
orbital observation station has been set up as a neutral base to 
ensure that M'Drid III is never visited again. Suitable jointly 
funded and manned military interstellar vessels are maintained in 
the M'Drid system to enforce the quarantine.


Conference facilities
Being a high security neutral base the M'Drid station will be a 
venue for major inter-polity conferences where no other suitable 
venue can be agreed.


Solutions to M'Drid situation
At a future date when a suitable resolution to the ecological 
disaster can be found a conference will be convened at the M'Drid
station to determine how this will be implemented, and to 
apportion costs and resources to the project. Subsequent to the 
resolution of the ecological disaster, and the planetary body 
being declared clear of risks, then it will be opened up for 
colonisation.


Current Polities who have signed the treaty are :
 
Greater Federation of Asteel
 
Earth Empire
 
Mars Association of Free Colonies
 
Sirian Socialist Republic

Union of Xyon
 
Centauri Conglomerate

Republic of New Venus

Wolf 359 Commonwealth